STANFORD, Calif. - No. 17 Stanford (8-2, 1-1 ACC) resumes ACC action on Friday, hosting No. 10 Virginia Tech (6-2, 2-1 ACC) for its Military Appreciation Night at Maples Pavilion. The dual will be streamed on ACCNX at 7 p.m.
Stanford is ranked No. 17 in this week's NWCA Coaches Poll. The Cardinal boasts eight wrestlers ranked in the InterMat individual polls.
InterMat Individual Rankings
133: Tyler Knox - #6
141: Jason Miranda - #21
149: Jaden Abas - #9
157: Grigor Cholakyan - #28
165: Hunter Garvin - #14
174: Lorenzo Norman - #4
197: Nick Stemmet - #22
285: Peter Ming - #31
Last time out, Stanford defeated Oregon State for the first time since 2021. A fall by Nick Stemmet and a major decision from Peter Ming helped the Cardinal come-from-behind to defeat the Beavers, 22-16, at Gill Coliseum.
Stanford won the 60th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships - the first team title in program history at the tournament. The Cardinal crowned three individual champions in the same season for the first time - Tyler Knox (133 pounds), Jaden Abas (149 pounds) and Lorenzo Norman (174 pounds). Also placing for Stanford were Hunter Garvin (3rd - 165 pounds), Jason Miranda (4th - 141 pounds), Nick Stemmet (4th - 197 pounds), Peter Ming (5th - 285 pounds), Grigor Cholakyan (7th - 157 pounds), Brook Byers (7th - 197 pounds) and Collin Guffey (8th - 174 pounds).
Following the tournament, Knox was voted the Dan Gable Men's Outstanding Wrestler, while Norman was named the Jack Leese Champion of Champions.
The Cardinal finished eighth as a team at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 6-7) and had four placewinners - Lorenzo Norman (2nd - 174 pounds), Jaden Abas (3rd - 149 pounds), Tyler Knox (5th - 133 pounds) and Hunter Garvin (6th - 165 pounds).
Last season, Stanford ushered in the Chris Ayres' era, producing a pair of All-Americans and tying for its third-highest finish at the NCAA Championships (16th).
The Cardinal qualified five wrestlers for the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City - Nico Provo (125), Jaden Abas (149), Daniel Cardenas (157), Hunter Garvin (165) and Nick Stemmet (197). Cardenas was the top-finisher for Stanford, placing fourth at 157 pounds to garner his first career All-America honors.
Garvin took sixth at 165 pounds after entering the tournament at the No. 20 seed. He became just the third Cardinal freshman to achieve NCAA All-America status. Stanford now has 26 individual All-Americans who have earned 37 honors overall.
Stanford is under the guidance of Chris Ayres, The Matt Gentry Head Wrestling Coach. He is in his second season on The Farm and 19th season as a collegiate head coach. A four-time Ivy League Coach of the Year, Ayres spent 17 seasons at the helm of the Princeton program.
No. 17 Stanford vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech Probable Matchups
125: -- (STAN) vs. #5 Eddie Ventresca (VT)
133: #6 Tyler Knox (STAN) vs. #19 Connor McGonagle (VT)
141: #21 Jason Miranda (STAN) vs. #10 Sam Latona (VT)
149: #9 Jaden Abas OR Jack Consiglio (STAN) vs. #1 Caleb Henson (VT)
157: #28 Grigor Cholakyan (STAN) vs. #10 Rafael Hipolito Jr. OR Matt Henrich (VT)
165: #14 Hunter Garvin (STAN) vs. #30 Mac Church (VT)
174: #4 Lorenzo Norman OR Collin Guffey (STAN) vs. #26 Lennox Wolak OR Gage Wright (VT)
184: Tye Monteiro (STAN) vs. #23 Thomas Stewart OR Sam Fisher (VT)
197: #22 Nick Stemmet (STAN) vs. #8 Andy Smith (VT)
285: #31 Peter Ming (STAN) vs. #14 Jimmy Mullen (VT)